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Tail of the Tape

May

2

2008

Hours worked this week: 76.6, for a six-day week. Miles driven for work this week: 841. And I didn’t even drive anywhere Sunday. Days I still managed to drag myself to the gym: 4, exactly as planned. I now know I can do this and am not allowed to make “But I had to work ...

And Now, Your Moment of Zen

Apr

29

2008

Courtesy, as it often is, of the Brits and a formerly pay TV channel going free and rounding up Celebrities to make them do absurd things: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaQ1s7hlXjQ&hl=en]

Pop Quiz 1

Apr

27

2008

What’s the opposite of pointless? a. Pointy b. Pointful c. Pointed d. [other] Any of the Medill grads out there have a real answer to this question? Anyone else have a funnier answer than any of the above?

Try, Athlete 2

Apr

26

2008

Lap-swimming 750 meters: 16 minutes. Recumbent-biking 20 kilometers: 51 minutes. Ellipticaling 5 kilometers: 35 minutes. Completing a sprint triathlon (aka half an Olympic triathlon) at the gym: Priceless. Well, except the price I will pay in pain later today and tomorrow. That should be fun. Now I have to see if I can actually bring ...

Reader Alert

Apr

22

2008

Posting’s going to be pretty light this week, as I’m trying to keep up the exercise even as we ramp up towards the first day of shooting on the pilot Friday. At this point, I’m spending maybe half an hour each day at home that is not a) doing physical therapy or b) getting ready ...

People Are Dicks, Vol. 2

Apr

22

2008

People are dicks when they commit two key, related fouls in the lap pool at the gym: 1. Taking up over 2/3 of the very large lane, leaving me a sliver in which to swim. For the most part, I was okay, but this dick was… 2. Still managing to flail so wildly as to ...

When People Ask Me What It’s Like To Be On Set

Apr

18

2008

I’m going to start pointing them to this Dave Barry column, in which he recounts his experiences being an extra in a Jennifer Aniston-Owen Wilson comedy: As an extra, you do a lot of standing around. First you stand around waiting for the set to be prepared. Then you stand around on the set while ...

Proof That Guitar Hero and Playing The Guitar Do Not Require The Same Skill Set 3

Apr

16

2008

I have been playing the guitar for almost 17 years. I’m not a shredder, but I’m a pretty decent player. I just got booed offstage on the easy level of Guitar Hero. This is going to be the biggest time sink I have ever invested in.

People Are Dicks, Vol. 1

Apr

16

2008

Now begins a new feature here on Goat World, called People Are Dicks, in which I will be chronicling the ways both large and small in which people are dicks on an ongoing basis. Today: People are dicks because they blow up something in the communal microwave, then let the shrapnel from this explosion burn ...

Swimming, Swimming, In The Swimming Pool

Apr

15

2008

Having an hour and a half round trip commute, I’m trying to shave precious minutes off my various morning duties so that I can get a little more sleep. In this spirit, I started swimming again. I can burn about the same number of calories swimming in 40 minutes as I can in about 1hr ...